Silk cleaner



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Patented Nov. 6,k 1928.

' UNITED.. STATES i y 71,690,522, PAfreNroFI-ficn.

FRANK `nAuiuinii, or nonnennur;, rnunsynvnnin.

' SILK CLEANER.

Application ined August 17, i927. semi No. eias'ief" `The invention supplies a cleaner which. in-

sures a uniform space between the cleaner eleto within the yscope ments, the latter being oiC metal which readily finished to present a straight edge and hardened to resist wear.

lVhile the drawing illustrates a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be under stood that in adapt-ing the means to meet speciiic needs and requirements, the design may be varied and suoli other changes in the minor details of construction maybe resorted of the invention as claimed, Without departing from the `spirit thereof. y Y

For a Jrull understanding of the invention and the merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and the drawing `wheel.

' which is adapted to receive a spool 7 containhereto attached, in which,-

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of a silk thread cleaning machine embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a front view of the rewinding mechanism. i Y

Figure 3 is a top plan view of a cleaner embodying the invention. i f

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in the several views or' the drawings by like reference characters. Y

The mechanism embodies supporting members 1, 2 and 3, the member 1 receiving` the thread rewinding p mechanism including va spool 4 and a driver 5, such as a pulley or The member 3 carries a bracket 6 ing the silk thread 8 to be cleaned. The niem-` ber 2 has the usual thread guide 9 attached thereto, and supports the cleaner proper which removes surplus preparation, knots and projecting ends or' filaments or fibers in the cleaning of the thread as it is transferred from one spool, as 7, to the other, as 4. The membersl, 2 and 3 and the parts applied thereto are of well known construction and arrangement. l

The present cleaner rod or pin and a cooperating blade.

embodies a frame, a

The

frame is substantially of' U- hape and courV may be 16, thencel over the guide 9 and is prises a base 10,`and ends 11 vand `12 project# ing from the basel() inthe same direction.

'The end 11 is about haii the length of the end 12 andhas athreaded opening formed therein in which is fitted a plug 13.. A'small opening 14 is'formed inthe endf12 in posi- Vtion'to register with ai `conical depression formed in the inner end of the plug 13. The rod or pin 15 has its ends tapered and iitted in the opening 14 and depression` at the inner end of the rplug 13. The rod orpin 15 .usu- V ally consists ot steel which is hardened and of uniform diameter throughout. The rod or pin 15 may be rotated to bring any desired element in operative position for the silk thread 8 to pass over.

. The blade 16 is of a lengt-h slightly less than t-herod 15 and its free end is beveled, as

indicated at 17 withthe result that opposite edges of theblade are of' different lengths. The blade 16 is arranged with its long edge adjacent the rod or pin 15, and spaced therefrom a distance corresponding to thesize of the thread 8 to be cleaned. The blade 16 is thin and of tempered steelto resist wear. One end of the blade 16 is bent at a right angle thereto, Vas indicated at 18, and is placed against the inner side of the end 12 to which it is secured by .means of a bolt 19 or analogous fastening.

The thread, when spun. and treated, is wound upon the spool 7 yPreliminary to cleaning the thread the spool 7 is mounted in v the bracket 6 and the end of the thread 8 is passed between thecleaning elements 15 and attached to the spool 4 so as to wind thereon when rotated by means of the driver 5. As the thread 8 is woundv upon the spool 4 it is drawn between cleaning elements 15 and 16, and

over the guide 9, and is unwound `l'ronrthe spool 7. The thread in its passage between the cleaning elements 15and 16 has the surplus preparation removed therefrom, as well as knots, and any projecting ends of the fibers or lilaments which form components ot the threads. The cleaning elements 15 and 16 being of metal, maybe finished to insure the opposing portions being absolutely straight, with the result that the space 'formed between said elements 15 and 16, is uniform throughout its length, thereby insuring the production of a thread which is uniform throughout, which is essential to the production of a silk iab-ricpossessing a uniform tex ture free from knots and other objectionable elements. It is observed that the rod-or pin l5 may rotate, or be adjusted to present a neu7 element opposite the blade 16, should it e he found desirable for any eause. f

Having thus described the invention, I claim: i

l. A thread cleaner comprising a substantially U-shaped frame having its ends ofuneven length, one of the ends having an opening, a'plug threaded into 4the opposite end, a hardened vmetal rod mounted at one endin said plug and at the opposite end in the opening formed in the end of the frame, a hardened metal plate having an edge arranged adjacent the rod and having an end port-ion bentand placed against the inner side of the 2. A thread Cleaner eolnprisinga substan-l tially U-shaped frame, a rod, means pivotally and adj ustably connecting therod to the ends of the frame, a blade presenting it-s edge to the rod and hav-ing an end portion bent at a right angle and in `Contact with an end of the e iranien, and having its free end beveled and spaced, from theopposite end of the frame and fastening means securing the bent end of thebladeto the end of the traine "with which it is lin Contact. n

In testimony'whereofy I aix my slgnature.

FRANK BAUMAN. LL. 5.1' 

